Month: November 2012

This week is one of the most colorful holidays of the year! Thanksgiving isn’t just a feast of food its a treat for all the senses. To do our Thanksgiving part we wanted to bring you a color side dish to spice up you Thanksgiving table!

Oranges, deep reds and browns have long been the traditional colors of Fall and Thanksgiving. But contemporary design has mixed in unconventional colors and patterns to modernize the autumnal palette. Fresh greens and brights pinks liven up this table for a effervescent harvest feel. The meal is served on a joyous and energetic slate.

With the right use of color the kids table is no longer a second class seat. Who wouldn’t love sitting at this colorful and creative place setting. The right colors bring out the celebratory feeling of the holiday and add to all the wonderful things we have to be grateful for.

If you are someone who likes to make the magic themselves this is a great leafy autumn lamp project to hang over your beautiful feast. Hand made projects add festive detail to a meal and a day made with love and gratitude. And while our own tables may be more focused on chocolate cake and turkey it nice to see the riot of color one of our favorite holidays inspires!

Need a great place to take a nap after all the festivities? Architizer has a list of ten beautiful spots to curl up. Have a great Thanksgiving!

A colorful new urban park has been completed in Denmark. The kilometer long park is located just north of Copenhagen city center. The press release describes the area as “one of the most ethnically diverse and socially challenged neighborhoods in Denmark.”

The park is separated in to three areas. A large sporting green, a black and white themed square for playing chess or having lunch, and a stunning red orange zone for recreational or cultural activities. The park is populated by over a hundred cultural objects from around the world that reflect the diversity of the surrounding community. Beyond the integration of the cultural milieu surrounding the area the park is a stellar example of color usage in urban planning. The three spaces of the park are colored specifically for their intended usage. The sporting area is green for obvious reasons. But the other two spaces have intention and color psychology behind them.

In the black and white area there are sweeping lines painted on the ground reminiscent of traffic flow or topographical elevation patterns. This public space is designed to allow people to mix and mingle. Its a shared space in an area in need of lowering barriers. It is sparsely sprinkled with trees, benches, tables and includes a quirky childrens playground. There is an open spacious feel to the area and the neutral color palette allows the people to be the attraction.

The red orange space is filled with a high velocity patch work of color. From above the reds, oranges, and pinks seem to spill out over everything, catching buildings and bike paths and benches. It is a bright visual beacon surrounded by blues and grays. The color helps draw eyes toward the park and gives people an energy boost. A happy, creative, active space seems like just the thing this neighborhood needs. A park cannot fix all cultural disparities of course, but hopefully Superkilen will get residents interacting and more urban planners on the color train! It so beautiful we want one in San Francisco too!